Patient Care

Employing the Canadian C-Spine Rule in the awake and cooperative patient can help minimize unnecessary immobilization.

Prehospital Use of Cervical Collars

Evan Conner, MD, and Hawnwan Philip Moy, MD, February 28, 2020

Much like backboards, the evidence is mounting against their frequent use.

If the script calls for a save, portable oxygen will likely be front and center. What you won’t see is some supporting character with a pulse oximeter warning rescuers, “Enough already!”

Another Angle: Interrupting Inertia

Mike Rubin, January 28, 2020

Clinging to old habits makes change difficult.

Tex. EMS Agency Screening Patients for New Coronavirus

January 25, 2020

MedStar EMS providers are taking precautionary measures to identify potential cases of the new coronavirus that has spread from China.

Few prehospital transport crews have developed protocols for simple thoracostomy in blunt-trauma victims. (Photo: Mlaboda/Wikimedia Commons)

MD1 Response: Finger Thoracostomy

Jeffrey Uribe, MD; Navin Ariyaprakai, MD, EMT-P, FAEMS, FACEP; Ammundeep Tagore, MD, MSHA, MBA, FAAEM, FACEP; and Josephine V. Geranio, BS, January 24, 2020

For EMS docs, it’s a safe and effective solution to tension pneumothorax.

Stories From Expo: Jenna Tuttle on Pediatric Intubation

January 21, 2020

Does pediatric age impact intubation success rates?

Moshe Landsman, right, after the successful CPR (Photo: courtesy United Hatzalah)

Stories From the Streets: A Toast to Life

Moshe Landsman, January 18, 2020

With one infant twin already hospitalized, the other suddenly needs help.

Retired Firefighter-Paramedic Hosts Narcan Trainings in 30 Fla. Counties

January 14, 2020

Luis Garcia founded the USA Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction with Narcan organization in 2017 on International Overdose Awareness Day.

New Jersey's change was historic—never had a state put forth such a policy. (Photo: Jr de Barbosa/Wikimedia Commons)

A Word of Caution on Buprenorphine

Christopher Gaeta, January 12, 2020

Can it move so easily from the hospital to the field?

NAEMSP: How Errors Happen

John Erich, January 10, 2020

And even more important, how can we reduce them in EMS?

FDNY Reports Record Number of EMS Calls in 2019

January 02, 2020

While deaths caused by fires decreased by 25% in 2019, the number of medical emergencies spiked.

Head Elevation & the Cutting Edge of Cardiac Arrest

January 01, 2020

Metro EMS of Little Rock, Ark., has adapted its protocols to include head elevation for cardiac arrest patients. A crew utilized their new resuscitation bundle in August to help save 44-year-…

In conjunction with the other bundle components, elevation of the head and upper torso immediately reduces intracranial pressure and improves cerebral perfusion. That means better circulation and better outcomes. (Photo: John Erich)

Raises Head, Looks Around: The State of Elevated CPR

John Erich, January 01, 2020

Optimism remains high as it becomes part of systems’ care bundles.

We owe it to the patients we care for to understand the correct tube size.

Tubes for Kids: Helpful Hints & Memory Aids

Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CPEN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN, EMT-P; Jason Chancey, BSN, EMT-P, CEN, CFRN; Michael Rushing, NRP, BSN, RN, CEN, CFRN, CPEN, TCRN, CCRN-CMC; Lisa DeBoer, CET, NREMT, PI; Michelle Webb, RN, MSN, CRNA; and Michael Seaver, RN, BA, January 01, 2020

How to quickly determine tube sizes for pediatrics and other patients.